1612: The Disturbing Witch Trial That Shook Britain | The Pendle Witch Child | Chronicle

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[@fs7175]

Yea I’m in my truck 🛻 I’m not looking at the house 🏠 but it’s raining ☔️ I’m here right next weekend and then I’m off tomorrow so I’m just thinking 💭

[@mera8785]

Are these specific episodes not available on History Hit? I downloaded it so I could watch this episode without the numerous and lengthy ad interruptions of KZbin but all I can find is some poor audio quality video of some woman sitting there talking about it while we see her on her webcam and her screen as she looks things up. It’s weird that the good production quality stuff is free on KZbin and the garbage podcaster quality stuff is on the paid service.

[@kirstiyoung7351]

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[@nataliapanfichi9933]

in my country (peru) most peaple (city folk)dont bealive in witches. the only parts where they still do are in the countryside (the mounteins) and the joungle.

[@F4Insight-uq6nt]

Proof of all Claims Required... Ps: Chronical Medieval = CM = 33.

[@jenmareck8669]

QOTD: "They taught us to fear witches & not the people that burned them--& I think that's a problem."

[@hackedi.t3065]

You must be a witch 😱

[@Noshushpls]

Literally they just wanted to control us they took away our gods to replace them with theirs, isolated us from our beliefs and turned us into witches a lot of these women were just village wise women (basically a medieval nurse)or children etc they just wanted to demonise pagan practises which were our ancestral right to practise also made no sense as they would kill us if we didn’t convert so who’s really honouring the devil I don’t think it was us… our gods never told us to kill people and force them into conversion so that says it all

[@angelaperezmayers2437]

Agreed.

[@freyaMcPhilli]

The witches were accused of killing people the people who burned the witches definitely killed someone

[@JanetHamilton-b7t]

Also Agreed😢

[@caitlynjohnston5967]

The idea that 3 yr olds are allowed to testify is ridiculous. Sometimes my 3 yr old sister just makes things up for fun.

[@jmack129]

😂😂

[@Aprilforevergreen]

...it's true, but the notion of child back then was not as we know it now....

[@makiroll218]

That’s one reason why so many got accused. Because if someone pissed someone off or did something they disagreed with something they could just pointing fingers and acting crazy , pretending to have seizures and makin shit up. It pisses me off.

[@makiroll218]

@@jmack129 right? And nowadays people dress up as witches and some people actually believe they are actually witches. 😂

[@Aprilforevergreen]

@@makiroll218 I happened mainly to women but some men were accused to.

[@Avellania]

If they believed witches to be so powerful, why did nobody ever wonder why they didn't try to break out of jail?

[@tanekamarshall9560]

I was thinking the same damn thing😏

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

Good point!

[@ayoo_wassup]

They didn't think they were Harry Potter witches. More like takes 10 hours and tons of random material and chants to do a simple thing type witches

[@robertbro.....6076]

They were fools of idiots and uneducated..

[@OK-wb1dy]

Because the jail equaled the law And in those days the law equaled God. So they were under God’s power while they were in jail. Something along those lines.

[@Upioornica]

There was a young girl in my country that accused her mother of pedophilia and harsh abuse. Sometime later the inverstigation proved that the girl made it up completely and her mother was released from the prison. Her parents were so heartbroken about her lies which she kept up for months that they decided not to pick her up from the foster home she was placed in by the authorities.

[@ishmael_03]

If there was ever a reason to disown your own child that would be it.

[@dianesmiler8539]

Curious to know whats the name

[@buhbuh9846]

Probably should have put her under psychiatric care

[@GrifoStelle]

@@dianesmiler8539 it wouldn't be big news. It's rare but not unique

[@visassess8607]

I hope she eventually learned what she did

[@kate2create738]

The narration was great, and really liked the touch of the animation, it added a quality to expressing the story without being a distraction.

[@philipinchina]

I disliked the animation.

[@kate2create738]

@@philipinchina Well there's plenty of other documentaries you can see that don't have it.

[@kymo6343]

@@philipinchina Same. I thought the 'head cutting off' one esp was distracting and had nothing to do with the story.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

It was ridiculous lmao

[@nicolehegarty4749]

I loved the animation. It felt like it brought the story to life more. As if we stepped back in time to see it, instead of being told about it in the present day etc. Idk? That's just me though.

[@gothicpagan.666]

People's inability to conduct themselves in a logical manner is as palpable today as it would appear to have been 400 years ago.

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Absolutely. The scary thing is when one or more of those particular people are put into a position of power.

[@votethebulliesout2956]

@@SecretSquirrelFun they'll certainly engourage people to believe in al manner of shit that isn't real, just to spread confusion and dissension

[@Cryo837]

Compared to how modern day feminists behave, these so-called "witches" were almost saint-like. Would love to see a purge in government, MSM, and education of the evil feminists who have infiltrated and subverted the western world.

[@gothicpagan.666]

@@Cryo837 For most people feminism is not even a thing. Only weak minded men are affected by them. Do what you do, look after friends and family. That is what life is about. Lived that way not much gets to be a distraction

[@patrickmcdade7353]

Odd man/woman out. The ones at the bottom of the social order become scapegoats

[@bookworm05234]

Legit this reminds me of when one my coworkers accused me of opening a portal from Hell. Thank goodness when this happened, it was 2018 and not 1612 or I would have been hanged or burned based on her words. What was her evidence? I threw a Halloween party and I like witches and Harry Potter. I don’t think anyone at work was able to keep a straight face when she said that. We all laughed about it but she didn’t find it funny. Trust me honey, if I could open a portal, I would be sending people through that

[@bookworm05234]

@@midwestnet2704 lol. My portal opening skills gone wrong, oops. My bad!

[@sh0eh0rn4]

I’n really sorry to be laughing, but this is one of the funniest comments I’ve ever read 🤣

[@mygypsybaby]

You did open a door ..the spirit realm exists babe. Sorry you don't understand how it works.. it's not a literal portal you can see but it is called an open door because it's a form of permission that's given by you when you celebrate Halloween.. which has a dark history for a reason... celebrating darkness of any kind does open a door/give permission for spiritual traffic in your home.. So does witchcraft. And yes movies like Harry Potter .. have some real spells written in them which could potentially have subtle effects on the viewers or invite certain energies into the home

[@votethebulliesout2956]

I always half expect that someone somewhere pays these people to confuse others but ofcourse they're the confused ones that need help and I'm looking for reason that isn't there.

[@Jblaze024]

Try harder I'm ready to get out of this place LOL

[@johncole4882]

This is like a movie where they reveal at the very end that the child was the real witch the whole time

[@Unhandleabull]

Yes! why is this not a movie!!!

[@kate2create738]

My thoughts exactly!

[@Tatycharmz]

there was no witch just men making shit up.....duh. witch hunt-wome hunt. Its was all an excues to keep the upperhand and kill women

[@s_shaleh]

Maybe the movie was based on or at least inspired by these events.

[@stingingmetal9648]

WOAH, thats brilliant

[@visszhang27]

The editing in this video is just amazing. Whoever (I'm sure I'll see it in the credits) did that animation is very talented. I love how it was mixed into the rest of the footage. It really brings you into the story. It's just really well done.

[@EvilAlucard13]

The Witch trials are proof of what happens when you conform to society, and let them dictate what you think, feel and believe

[@ShirleyTimple]

Ok, edgelord

[@HumbleAstronaut]

Aka Christian Nationalism which is whats being proposed by some in America 🤮

[@joeybaby2505]

@@ShirleyTimple *truthlord

[@ShirleyTimple]

@@joeybaby2505 you do realize you and your anti feminist friends are the same virgins that would've been burning these ladies at the stake, right?

[@michaelmccaffery2684]

@Sherry have you forgotten Salem???

[@colmanpm]

I was born at the foot of Pendle. I only feel the sadness and subjugation of poor women and no magic. This is a great film. Thank you so much.

[@iamnotjack.whydidichange]

There wasn't any real magic, but they may have believed so and may have tried to do awful things nevertheless. Not all of these called witches were innoccent

[@rm_con]

Must have been a cold birth

[@rainluna9765]

@@iamnotjack.whydidichange Were you alive in those days in that area to know that for a fact?

[@TexboyGamer]

@@rainluna9765 one of the girls literally admitted it. They tried to curse people, they had evil in their hearts

[@adamplentl5588]

@@iamnotjack.whydidichange Which ones specifically?

[@ReidHenderson]

Fun fact here in my home state of South Carolina we have a town named Pendleton named after a man from Virginia that fought in the Revolutionary war. His last name originates from the same place in England where this happened!

[@TheDarkPixie99]

The magistrate kept the child under his care so he could coach her into speaking the expectations of the trial, it isn’t that difficult to work that out. If Jennet’s finals days weren’t in the jail, she could have married her way out and changed her name.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Thank you, these comments are full of sociopaths who apparently love talking about how so many children are just pure evil. Not even a thought about a rational explanation, just eager to hate on children.

[@ayoo_wassup]

@montananerd8244 damn didn't see any comments about evil children. Children can do evil things for sure but that's because they don't have wisdom to understand complex consequences or the future. It isn't evil. Just dangerously ignorant. If you give a child FULL leeway and trust. And then give them power. I PROMISE YOU shit is going to get crazy.

[@romanceenthusiasm7972]

I feel the whole family was framed because the king was cracking down on sorcery and so really bad cruel people felt this family needed to be framed because they were impoverished.

[@edwardhoward-williams1692]

A much higher quality documentary than most, Professor Ronald Hutton taking part is a seal of approval. Marvelous and chilling. The point made that people believed that there was such a thing as magic and it could be used for a negative purpose is very important, it's vital to understand the times and why people died for supposed witchcraft, they actually believed they had some sort of power.

[@Hypnobunny1]

Professor Ronald Hutton adds a touch of intellect to this he’s a very knowledgeable man

[@kirstyridd7043]

Do you know who the lady is ?

[@edwardhoward-williams1692]

@@kirstyridd7043 Does she sound American?

[@edwardhoward-williams1692]

@@kirstyridd7043 is Dr Diane Purkiss? She is from Oxford University I think.

[@howwwyyy29]

I tried telling my teacher that I'd met 2 dogs that turned into witches and they'd stolen my homework -wouldnt believe me! outrageous

[@narelleschulze3959]

😂😂😂good try

[@Nova-c5k]

Lol 😂

[@Benni777]

Imagine being a nine year old “testifying” against your on kin. That must’ve been traumatic for anyone, even if they seemed that they were emotionally put together. 😮‍💨

[@Queen.AnneBoleyn]

To think she had to endure it alone years later as an adult! Talk about karma.

[@joeybaby2505]

Democrats would have been proud

[@Benni777]

@@joeybaby2505 why doesn’t everything need to be about politics??

[@ranjapi693]

Happened in Nazi Times too... Gestapo sends regards.

[@audreyricci6383]

@@joeybaby2505 Do you have to make this about today's politics?

[@mukhumor]

Human sacrifice by the state against so called undesirables. Usually the poor and the powerless. Widows and orphans.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

No usually political dissidents lol

[@mukhumor]

@@A_Black_Sheep94 You mean Catholics?

[@LuKaZz420]

Simon Armitage and the drawings just add a touch of class to an already great documentary. Best documentary I've watched.

[@valeriemoran6289]

Anyone else get the feeling that the peddler was already having the stroke when Janet came across him? He might not have ignored her request for pins at all 😮

[@NickMak-m2c]

Well the original goes like this, I guess they left it out in order to bring more shame to what happened, but if you research the older documentaries, the little girl says that a black dog came to her as the peddler was walking on, and the dog spoke, 'Shall I lame him?', she said 'Ye shall' And the dog ran and jumped "into" the peddler and he fell and thence was 'lamed'

[@mlisaj1111]

Very well could be, although strokes are often (but not always) pretty sudden, and without a prodrome symptoms. Their slang names kind of reflect that sudden nature: a “fairy blast” or a “stroke.” But there is good evidence we are all pretty terrible at figuring out what made us sick, and we have all kind of biases. For one, we like to blame our health issues on new or one-time events. That is part of the reason smoking lasted so long, as people would say “I have been smoking for 25 years, and never had emphysema before, so that can’t be it.” We also like to blame things that happened right before. Most food poisoning cases take days to even weeks before the person has symptoms of it. But we tend to blame food poisoning on whatever we ate the meal before the symptoms started. And of course we prefer our health woes to be something that happened to us or others caused - not something we did or associated with us, like our age.

[@farmdude2020]

Witch trials have evolved overtime to other forms of baseless accusations that we still witness today. Human nature hasn't changed much

[@your_dad_on_vacation]

The nature of humans don't change, only the context

[@shanejean5821]

WMDs

[@MrWill9002]

Yeah, at great personal risk had I been there I would have pretty much called everyone out as idiots

[@aarons6935]

Yeah, women falsely accusing men.

[@cmaden78]

My personal favorite is when a man is made to feel somehow less powerful than the woman so then calls her a slut😂 c'mon...really? Just makes me look into it. And I'm never disappointed 😂 that's always the case

[@syw9882]

My little cousin returned to school after holiday & the teacher was asking everyone “what did you do on holiday?” This little boy screams out “I was molested by a paedophile!” Which obviously & rightfully launched a long & exhausting investigation. Of course he did not know what a paedophile was, had not been molested, & just said it because he saw it on TV 🤦🏾‍♀️ Luckily for my aunt, the months of child welfare check-ins, medical exams, school follow-ups, etc got her some much needed behavioral health support for him & mom of the century award from anyone involved.

[@Dogdayafternoon4325]

What has that got to do with anything

[@Veronica705]

​@@Dogdayafternoon4325The commentor is making the point that sometimes children make up stories.

[@Ionabrodie69]

@@Dogdayafternoon4325Keep up..🙄

[@anonymoose116]

​@@Veronica705or even just say words they don't understand. It doesn't always even require the process of forming a lie.

[@randydaniels9297]

the animation of the little girl is wonderfully creepy!

[@spirit9686]

Why did they draw her like that? She was poor, not a 300 year old demonic entity...

[@daspanda8247]

Lol. She looks menacing.

[@bubaaaaaaaaa]

Fr isn’t she 9? Why does she look like a 90 year old

[@raissa4260]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣don't matter

[@KatieDeGo]

Look at medieval/Renaissance drawings of kids. They're creepy like this

[@joeybaby2505]

Ok feminist

[@patricklee6066]

Great programme,from Lancashire myself,read all about this as a kid,very chilling when you realise how real this all was.

[@RealDallasFed]

The witches are still out there, they just run everything now. Including Parliament and the City of London.

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

I think it gives a very different view of Jennet to be told she *asked* for her mother to be removed from the court room. The opening words of this doco included " *after* her mother was removed.."

[@garyhughes1664]

What a fantastic programme. Really well done and Simon Armitage's presentation is superb throughout.

[@alyasfukename3355]

This was incredibly well put together. Bravo!

41:55 man, I hate when that happens to me, that's why I'm always late for work

[@Tcb0835]

😂

[@keithrosenthal4757]

This is my go to channel even before regular TV , Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime.

[@jonhohensee3258]

That's not true.

[@60toodles]

but they take these videos from normal tv and just reupload them here lol

[@mark.083]

I've seen this a few times. And after reading lots of comments about how unbelievable it is that children can be believed about such things. Being a father of 4, I can tell you one of my girls once said to her teacher we locked her in a cupboard when naughty, after watching a Harry Potter film. And they believed her, called the police and everything without even asking or questioning us about it. We were mortified!

[@annthemaam3585]

Me ex husband accused me of “putting a love spell on him” and “cursing him” 🙄. Still to this day I laugh about it, because what in the actual audacity??? I can imagine that I wouldn’t laughing if we were living back then 😮.

[@1two994]

I'd ask him why I'd choose him when better men exist 🤷‍♀️

[@annthemaam3585]

@@1two994 I told him using a love spell on him is the equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig… 🤣

[@wolfzmusic9706]

​@@1two994why? We know barely anything about her ex-husband

[@CinziaAyden-v7l]

@@1two994 thats why ur going to be lonely for life

[@leahbrady1872]

​@user-rn1ds9lp7e and why ppl like u settle and are miserable

[@danielvandersall6756]

Interesting that "Good Omens" named it's witch character Agnes Nutter.

[@Madonnalitta1]

It's not interesting, it's historical and funny. That what all Pratchett books are like.

[@StrawmnMcPerson]

"The distrubing witch trial"? As compared to all the other undisturbing witch trials?

[@audreyricci6383]

All of these witch trials were very disturbing.

[@adoramae5436]

I find it hard to judge the people who believed this stuff because you need to look at it outside our own cultural perspective. We like to talk about how illogical and backwards these people were, but logic is the ability to operate in accordance with known information. But what was the known information for the peasant class in the early 1600s, many of whom had no access to books outside the Bible? They knew what the church and local government told them. They knew a "cunning woman" had gotten angry and cursed a man who then collapsed. They wouldn't have known about blood clots in the brain causing strokes.

[@Emy53]

This happened in the USA as well, in Salem, Massachusetts. There is a town where only witches supposedly live. They do some sort of event during October for Halloween.

[@dagmarbubolz7999]

After COVID I would say you can have open access directly to studies and still say shit like it's just a flu, or it doesn't exist or noone died.

[@caroleminke6116]

Evil is evil & that’s just endemic in our culture

[@jomorken4853]

There was also a swedish witch-kid, who could tell who was a witch, earning him food and respect. He would ooint out anyone crossing him. His reign of preteen terror would be ended when he went to far up the social ladder with his accusations, and was executed.

[@creepingdread88]

I thought Greta was a girl.

[@elsakristina2689]

Yeah, the Gävle boy

[@jomorken4853]

He sucked.@@elsakristina2689

[@rule64boardgames2]

The hanging from the swing set is possibly number one low key unintended hilarious joke!

[@audreyricci6383]

This is no hilarious joke. Nothing funny about any of this.

[@giblerjab]

@@audreyricci6383 I mean its a little funny that they turned an execution zone into a goddamn childrens park 😂😂😂 wtf were they thinking when they built that

[@ScottysHaze]

Yeah. Har-dee-har-har. Hilarious. 😕

[@ViolentRainbow]

Imagine dying in a prison cell because a 7 year old said you're a witch 🙄

[@leewightman8619]

Rip to all these woman who where killed for being witches ..

[@youtubecensors5419]

2/3 were men.

[@Rkld34]

@@youtubecensors5419nah, 70%-80% of those accused of witchcraft were women

[@Bun800]

What amazes me the most was Britain's progressive outlook with the Kings essentially condemning witchcraft in 1634! I knew America was ass-backwards nowadays, but holy crap, how did this ideology not cross over into the new world before the Salem Witchcraft Trials?! Insane. Great mini-documentary

[@ellenagildsword4722]

Child ratting out Family, WORST OF HER OWN MOTHER… What a shame. The little girl knew too much and I don’t think she was able to tell or decipher the truth regarding the accounts of her “ so called witness of sorcery”

[@louisesumrell6331]

The victims, fully believing in the reality of witchcraft, could certainly have a very strong emotional reaction to being cursed. That strong reaction, raised levels of adrenaline and cortisol, a blood pressure spike...could lead to a stroke or heart attack. With a younger, healthier person, the dread and worry could lead to sickness in one or more ways... From our perspective, ridiculous. From their's?....simple reality. -weezi-💖🙏💜🙏🤠😉

[@keiththorpe9571]

45:16 "...And as a result, the judges were very soundly rebuked." Oh, well, as long as the judges were "Very Soundly Rebuked" for sending nine innocent women to the gallows to hang, in effect murdering them...Well, that makes everything alright. I mean, they weren't merely "rebuked", they were "Very Soundly Rebuked". That makes all the difference. My thinking is that maybe there wouldn't have been quite so many obscene miscarriages of justice if perhaps, when it was later determined that innocent people had been hung for witchcraft, the lying witness and judges who sentenced the condemned were the next ones to find themselves trying to breath past a tightening noose around their necks. That sounds fair to me.

[@javieraaravena]

Couldn't agree more

[@amandaparkeradams7965]

People tend to forget there were witch trials in Connecticut in the early 1660’s as well. My ancestor was one of them they hanged.

[@Ionabrodie69]

Not before Britain there wasn’t..🤨

[@aarons6935]

No they weren't.

[@princessdesigns8439]

This story will always live on and will be told for many years to come. . History lives on.

[@manganiphiri4331]

We've come a long way and still have a long way to go. Unfortunately here in Zambia witchcraft is strictly a thing. And I believe it's the same for most African countries.

[@jonnylumberjack6223]

A direct result of the lack of education and access to information from other parts of the world. I hope to see that change in my lifetime.

[@annmarienuccio2349]

Do you think that witchcraft is a form of manifesting? I mean, you're putting out a vibration, just with a bit more song and dance, metaphorically speaking. The universe is all vibration.

[@Tatycharmz]

same in south america, and it is very much beleved however there are men and women who do it and to point a finger and say only women do is threatful as we can see by this history it costed many womens lives

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

@@jonnylumberjack6223 exactly. A direct result of access to education and medicine. Very sad.

[@va.n1ll4]

@@annmarienuccio2349exactly, I believe in it

[@ritornofrapoco1142]

These forms of societal and governmental pressures are utilized even today. - You'd think that after reflecting upon and knowing this history, we would do better. Few ever have the courage to stand up and say that what is happening is persecution and unjust.

[@makiroll218]

I’m pretty sure if I was alive back then they’d accuse me of being a witch because I have seizures 😂

[@janemot2368]

Me too, i have cats

[@jennifervan75]

Or being possessed

[@SombreroPharoah]

Thankfully with seizures, you could've pointed at someone you don't like and say they hexed you, hence the fits.

[@dannii_L]

@@SombreroPharoah and what happens after that person ends up being burned and you're still seizing?

[@joshuaowensjr8694]

That’s not funny and no, they knew what freaking seizures were

[@captainjack8319]

Paranoia, fear, and turning on people means more after 2020 than it did before.

[@mrmitch2424]

The narrator of this documentary was awesome.

[@erinoconnor1359]

As someone who lives near Pendle, it’s actually crazy how many of these surnames are still around

[@trynagymfluence]

Fr. I’m a Pearson actually, but where I live there are many other Pearsons too. So could just be coincidence

[@hedgemist691]

This is my favourite telling of this story. The animation really brings it to life.

[@UmbertoDavidPanda]

This was actually really interesting, thanks, good video.

[@ChristianAuditore14]

There are millions of self proclaimed witches today

[@netwitchtatjana4661]

Really? 🤣🤣🤣

[@Tatycharmz]

men and women indeed

[@joeybaby2505]

Yeah today they are called feminists 🤣

[@jennamoore3457]

@Joey Baby,, 😂😂😂so funny

[@hollieBlu303]

Simon Armitage is a legend! Got me into poetry as a kid...I grew up to write music and hes to blame for a lot of it! 😊

[@phoenixmallen7508]

Loved this presentation and valuable information . Many thanks and much appreciated 😍🙏

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

The guy/expert that first appears at around and after 7:00, is one of my personal favorites. Of all the "experts" men these programs regularly wheel out, I just really love listening to him, his knowledge seems to know no bounds. If life was a movie, I could 100 percent believe that he has the ability to travel back and forth through time, it's the reason why he keeps his hair that way...so he will always just fit in to medieval England. I mean. Come on...just look at the guy, listen to his incredible knowledge. Ha ha, and of course the moment I decided to share my thoughts, to make this comment, it just so happens to be a video discussing witchcraft, curses, and evil spooky stuff. I'm now going to have to find out what his name is, I just can't remember it and the program doesn't include people's names - well his name at the least. 😊🐿. The main take away from this rambling comment is this - The guy at 7:00 is a time traveller.

[@thecreek1355]

he is a legend from the ruth/peter/alex videos, he is definitely my kind of weird.

[@bunch_o_racket]

Right he even SOUNDS like from long ago. He needs a powdered whig! 🤣🤣🤣

[@BeesWaxMinder]

Alas his name isn’t mentioned but, yes, I’ve seen him in quite a few things

[@lauralee65]

He’s my favourite too!

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

If someone is a time traveler and they don't purge all "royalty" and "nobility" from history they're bad person.

[@JaynaeMarieXIV]

After thinking about it (and watching this show quite a bit as this is my favorite history channel I can afford), it was possible the old man was already having a stroke when he came across Alison, and when she cursed him, it was an unfortunate coincidence that he collapsed. Another sign of an oncoming stroke or ailment is seeming to wave off or mutter something. He could have been trying to tell her something was wrong and his motions were misunderstood by Alison, and she curse him at the moment he had the stroke.

[@JE58-rbi]

Thank you very much all for this very interesting history lesson!

[@shannon9677]

Not all kids are pure or innocent. Sometimes they will say somethings that will freak you out or ruin someone's life in a flash.

[@destonlee2838]

I am applauding the use of animation. Perfect nuance!

[@sheilakelly4770]

Excellent commentary thank you for being so informative really great commentary i am hooked on this history thank you for bringing this to light . Sheila Kelly oxford

[@gayu8695]

The fact that they produced a whole play while the “witches” were awaiting trial has to be one of the most unhinged things I’ve ever heard

[@NeverlandSystemKaleb]

This was brilliantly presented and produced. :)

[@TexboyGamer]

Israel does not have the right to exist

[@NeverlandSystemKaleb]

@@TexboyGamer It has EVERY right to exist. It has been there since the BC period and the most colonized people on Earth. Arab Muslims didn't arrive there until the 600's AD. If you're going to claim Jewish people don't have a right to exist where they have literally since before recorded history, then you MUST also hold that NO modern Arab nation outside the Arabian peninsula has a right to exist. I DOUBT you'd go that far, and would call such a claim bigotry. It's very telling that ONLY the Jewish people don't have a right to exist in their own land. VERY bigoted of you to assert that.

[@TexboyGamer]

@@NeverlandSystemKaleb Israel exists on stolen land since 1948. Before that it didn’t exist as a self-governing geographic location. Your soul will be held accountable for your support of the genocide of Palestinians and your denial of the Messiah

[@NeverlandSystemKaleb]

@@TexboyGamer It existed for centuries until it was invaded and Jews have ALWAYS LIVED THERE. Always. Saying they alone don't have a right to live where they always have is bigotry. Literally EVERY ONE ELSE that claims it has come from SOMEWHERE ELSE.

[@NeverlandSystemKaleb]

@@TexboyGamer Side note, you made a stupid assumption. I'm Messianic... sooo spout that bigotry, too, somewhere else as well.

[@benmorris9310]

do you have a link to whoever did the animation? really like their style and would like to see more

[@MikePuorro]

This is a really good one, and the animations are haunting.

[@lola0204]

Why do adults believe children to that extent its mind boggling .all these deaths caused by children's imaginations or being manipulated by grownups.

[@BethBurns68]

This was so, so well done. The animation was a perfect touch to make the past come to life. I appreciate learning about this history. I had not heard of it before. Being an American, I've heard of the Salem witch trials all my life, but to learn that they harkened back to this terrible happening and the accepted testimony of a child made what happened at Salem (the acceptance of the young witnesses there) make sense. Thank you and I've just subscribed to your channel.

[@Scooterdrew1]

I can see where Joseph Delaney got his inspiration for his Last apprentice series. Didn’t know it was based off of real areas. Really great documentary.

[@TexboyGamer]

I loved those books

[@usagi18]

I can't judge the people back then. I still believe Math with letters is nothing but witchcraft.

[@katekibugi7401]

I hear you🤪🤪 who came up with this confusion X=(A-B)/2🤔🤔

[@usagi18]

@@katekibugi7401 Witches, who else?!?

[@thedepthsofrepair]

We cast these spells to create buildings and vehicles but the spells always break eventually.

[@usagi18]

@@thedepthsofrepair not if done right

[@lindsayschuster302]

Or someone said "if you memorize this and read it in court, you can apologize and go home'

[@thelittlefalufox]

Jennet and Alice are the inspo for Neil Gaiman's Agnes Nutter and Anathema Device in Good Omens!

[@Faretheewell608]

And Terry Prachet contributed what to Good Omens?

[@citizen1163]

My mum was born 1912, 300yrs after this trial, not that long ago in the big scheme of things considering ppl today are living to nearly 100yo.

[@plinhart1224]

Yea it’s only 4-5 people ago

[@LifeWitE868]

as a fan of the seventh son books it was nice to know that this has an actual history

[@kt.nukegorthon9674]

Love these dark creepy series❤️❤️❤️

[@SuperKk25]

Nice

[@Tatycharmz]

yea if only it shed light on the true moon==nsters of the time, some men. so how did Alice write all this, or could it not even be true??? someone just wrote it down

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@Tatycharmz You gonna be alright?

[@audreyricci6383]

@@Tatycharmz Yes all of this was only too true.

[@amandawhiteley6737]

Fascinating stuff, will read on for more soon!

[@BMarie774]

Wait even if acquitted or found innocent, people had to PAY to get out of prison?! My god…

[@beagleissleeping5359]

They also had something called debtor's prison which you had to stay there until your debt was paid. But how can you pay your debts if you can't leave the prison to get a job and your relatives are broke, too?

[@mystrength5640]

Excellent video, thank you! 🎉

[@redlady222]

No self respecting pilgrim witch would have named her familiar ‘Paul’.

[@cbbcbb6803]

It is nearly impossible, if not in fact impossible, to convince that it is their own belief in negative words that does them harm. Their *belief* in words and not the words.

[@glennhopkins2643]

Unbelievable cruelty and stupidity

[@michellel564]

I've read an article that says that when they translated thou shall not suffer a witch to live that which may have been translated wrong. And that witch might mean poisoners instead. And people that poison other people certainly do exist and it's a terrible way to kill somebody. They never know who did it. That could make a soul Wonder forever. But that was just one theory.

[@auntkalinagrimm]

In several books researching the original text, I've seen it be stated as Thou shall not suffer a liar to live. 🤷‍♀️

[@debvoz]

In the original Aramaic the quote was "you will not permit a well poisoner to live" which in a desert certainly makes plenty of sense. James had it changed with the King James translation for obvious reasons

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

King James had a great book on what was to be considered evidence during a witch trial. If one conducted a trial in his manner one was bound to not have a witch, but it was possible. This is an extremely famous case.

[@Lollirot]

holy shit I got 20 minutes in before I read that THAT'S SIMON ARMITAGE. The bane of my GCSE years 15 years ago. Nice to finally put a face to a name.

[@wintatsehaye6440]

I can't help thinking Janet was as much a victim as her family. Seeing the effects of her words, she was told to recite! Children don't know anything!!!!!!!!

[@Badficwriter]

Nah, she identified people when the judge tried to trick her. She was a smart cookie. People underestimate highly intelligent children and their resentments.

[@Preppy-Ice]

Jennet*

[@willowtree6657]

Excellent documentary- watch it a year ago and again a year later .

[@PuttinOnTheSpritz]

That was a great episode!! I had never heard of that girl but wow she made an impact on the world 😟

[@MountainGram112]

Love this channel but please tell us what year they were created. Thank you.

[@Bluebelle51]

this one has a copyright date of MMXI (2011)

[@Tatycharmz]

yes and who made up the story, probably a man as i dont imagine alice herself wrote this nor do we have proof making this all pretty pointless

[@thunderbugcreative7778]

The artwork this doc uses to depict this family of oppressed people including the children is absurd. Completely disrespectful to all the people who were demonized in history for the sake of corrupt agendas.

[@Harry-Hartmann]

A Very Good Video 👍🏻

[@euggiemonad2523]

Why no mention of the 'Malleus Maleficarum'? Surely they were aware of it in 1612. Along with Dalton's 'Country Justice,' and some others, this was the book that was instrumental in conducting the Salem witch trials. One would think it would've been very useful in the Pendleton witch trial(s) as well.

[@anamarijaartic8847]

I believe maleficarum was used primarily in Catholic areas which would be in the exact opposite of interests of the protestants mentioned

[@One.DeSanctis.]

@@anamarijaartic8847 King James I&VI was the Protestant leader of the Church of England at this time. He believed in the "Hammer of the Witches" as much as his namesake bible. Per this video, the Protestant population of England used the "Hammer..." against Catholics. Papists and Witches; equally ungodly in 1612 England. ETA: watch @11:00 to @11:25

[@andrewdriver3318]

@@anamarijaartic8847 They are getting thier information from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malleus Maleficarum was not used in Salem nor was Dalton's book.

[@CDForney]

The house/tavern used in the Salem witch trials was owned by an ancestor of mine 🪦

[@euggiemonad2523]

@@CDForney Andrew Driver seems as uninformed as he is unable to spell, lol. I've been to the Salem Witch Museum a couple of times and listened closely to the lectures, which I seriously doubt our boy Andrew has ever done. If you have an ancestor who owned the tavern, then you've probably been there too. The 'Malleus' was one of the books they had at the Trials. It's even for sale in the Museum bookstore. It could've been used a few different ways, from citing chapter-and-verse to prove a point, or just to show what witches' so-called 'characteristics' were. Being the imposing tome it was, it might've just been used to lend gravitas to the proceedings. I'm not sure about Dalton's 'Country Justice' but it would not at all be surprising if that work was known to them as well.

[@WaynesPokeWorld]

I’m from Lancashire only an hour away In Bolton. I’d like to visit Pendle Hill. Apparently it has a lot spiritual energy

[@eileenbrazil8039]

Creepy energy...

[@RobertoChavez5-j3o]

Spiritual energy. Lol. What a ridiculous idea. Shows the lack of understanding of reality

[@balisongRay2013]

This has been a very intriguing documentary. I do wonder where my true lineage,y maiden name is Pendleton and all I can dig up from my family's research, I do know we(my ancestors) were in britain, from "pendle hill" or something of the sort.

[@victoriacox8940]

Weird that! I flew home the other day! It was really windy.

[@balisongRay2013]

@@victoriacox8940 sad....I guess it has gotten harder to be a witty troll when now everyone thinks that they have something good to say. Next please.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@balisongRay2013 Be constructive with your criticism

[@Bridge_with_a_T]

My last name is Pendell, and my ancestors were from that area. I think "Pendle hill" mashed together at some point to form it, who knows lol

[@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215]

The animation is incredible

[@louiekiwi]

I want to renovate and restore that house.

[@madmartigan8119]

Great documentary 👍

[@eg4073]

My grandmother used the term Charming Woman in a similar context. Would this be an evolution of Cunning Woman?

[@infoskrimp420]

ooh I bet! my grandmother said cunning woman

[@danatowne5498]

I don't know for sure about the archaic use of the word "charming" but "cunning" is an old word for 'wise' or 'knowing'. This would be the knowledge of the use of medicinal herbs and all sorts of other lore. Part psychologist, nurse, pharmacist and bio-feedback tech, among other things. 'Charming' may refer to the knowledge of rituals specifically, both folklore rituals and the Catholic ritual prayers being lost at that time. That is just a semi-educated guess though.

[@Tatycharmz]

but men can do witch crft too....oh wait only women who were aused of this died, were men ever acused?

[@danatowne5498]

@@Tatycharmz , yes they were, and killed too - at least in Salem. I can't see why they would not have been elsewhere.

[@giblerjab]

@@Tatycharmz i believe james in this documentary was also hanged but it was mostly women fs

[@sampochin]

As ridiculous this all sounds about the child’s testimony being believed, my friend moved to Finland with a Finnish girl who he had two kids with. She accused him of trying to kill her. Her friends were outside and on cue called the police soon as he entered the house. I told him get the briths embassy involved for legal help. He ignored me. Charged with, get this: attempted manslaughter!?!?!? In the middle of the trial she said I have all the evidence in my diary, the judge allowed her to go home and get her diary with she had added to on the way to court. When my friend told them this they made some threat about contempt of court etc. she had previously accused her step father of molesting her so her knew she was a liar yet the bastard came and gave evidence about my friends character. This is after going through two years of her running off to Ireland to look after horses while my friend worked at grundfos as a design engineer and raised both kids alone. Beggars belief but it’s all true. He could see where it was going so he got a flight back to England. Was broken without his kids and ended up committing suicide a year later. He was my best friend, thought he would be there for all my life that we’d be friends at 60 and 70 years old. Left earth at 31 years old. I wish I could accuse his wife of being a witch because she’s in reality more evil than a real witch.

[@hobbyhopper3143]

I tried to watch the credits but apparently missed it; what is the name of the female historian wearing the black jacket & pearls? Anybody?

[@LODOWICKMUGGLETON]

Fascinating story well told. Thank you!